Search on: AXON INITIAL SEGMENT 
Descriptors Found: 1
Displaying: 1 .. 1  

 1 / 1 DeCS     
Descriptor English:   Axon Initial Segment 
Descriptor Spanish:   Segmento Inicial del Axón 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Segmento Inicial do Axônio 
Synonyms English:   Axon Hillock
Axon Initial Segments
Axonal Trigger Zone
Axon Hillocks
Axonal Trigger Zones
Trigger Zone, Axonal  
Tree Number:   A08.675.542.145.250
A11.284.180.075.125
A11.671.137.170
A11.671.501.145.250
Definition English:   First segment of axon that connects distal axon segments to the neuronal CELL BODY at the axon hillock region. The axon initial segment is not protected by the MYELIN SHEATH and has properties critical for axonal growth. The axon initial segment and the axon hillock form an axonal trigger zone. 
History Note English:   2017 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
CH chemistry CL classification
DE drug effects EN enzymology
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology PS parasitology
PA pathology PH physiology
RE radiation effects SE secretion
TR transplantation UL ultrastructure
VI virology  
Record Number:   56260 
Unique Identifier:   D000071040 

Occurrence in VHL:
 

Similar:

 
DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS